賤 — cheon

Parts that make up 賤

How 賤 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 賤 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 貝, 戔.

Korean example words with 賤

• 천작賤作 Korean gloss: 천한 일
• 천기賤妓 Korean gloss: 천한 기생
• 천출賤出 Korean gloss: 천한 출신
• 천골賤骨 Korean gloss: 천하게 생긴 사람
• 천모賤侮 Korean gloss: 천대하고 업신여김
• 귀천貴賤 Korean gloss: 신분이나 일 따위의 귀함과 천함
• 양천良賤 Korean gloss: 양민과 천민을 통틀어 이르는 말
• 천시賤視 Korean gloss: 업신여겨 낮게 보거나 천하게 여김
• 천업賤業 Korean gloss: 낮고 천하게 여겨지는 직업이나 영업
• 천역賤役 Korean gloss: 천한 일. 또는 그 일을 하는 사람
• 하천下賤 Korean gloss: 지위나 사회적 신분이 낮고 천함. 또는 그런 사람
• 공천公賤 Korean gloss: 죄를 지어 종이 되거나 속공(屬公)되어 관아에 속하게 된 종

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 賤

• 賤しず lowly person; lowliness; I
• 貴賤きせん high and low (social standing)
• 卑賤ひせん low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
• 微賤びせん low rank; humble station; obscurity
• 賤民せんみん lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
• 賤称せんしょう depreciatory name
• 賤鳥しずとり lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
• 五賤ごせん five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system
• 賤女せんじょ lowly woman
• 賤吏せんり low-ranking official
• 賤の女しずのめ woman of lowly birth
• 貴賤上下きせんしょうか high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes

Characters sharing the phonetic 戔

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “천”

Other hanja with radical 貝